We get some fairly large wolf spiders here in norway but otherwise just the small stuff, one of the nice things about living in the north. Ain't dat right Haavard 
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Where in Norway do you live, sock puppet, and what is a wolf spider? Never heard of those...
And, yeah, it's nice to live in the north.
I am in Fredrikstad. I'm not sure what they are called in norwegian what do you call the biggest spiders you find here, not stankelbein.
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Is that the name husedderkopp?
Is that the name husedderkopp?
Ærru Østfolding? As said earlier, I really have no knowledge of spiders, but would like to expand my horizon a bit. I've never seen bigger spiders than the ones who build webs on ceilings and such, and they're maximum 1 cm big in diameter. Didn't know there were bigger ones... Wolf spiders, huh? Cool!
As said earlier, I really have no knowledge of spiders, but would like to expand my horizon a bit. I've never seen bigger spiders than the ones who build webs on ceilings and such, and they're maximum 1 cm big in diameter. Didn't know there were bigger ones... Wolf spiders, huh? Cool! That's a fairly big one, although nothing like the one on Vardas pic. Was that shot taken in your house, sockpuppet?
i think thats a Jagtedderkop(hunterspider?, Lycosidae) here in Denmark the are also often called husdderkopper(husspiders).
mostly for the sock puppet http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stankelben,
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagtedderkopper_(Lycosidae)
mostly for the sock puppet http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stankelben,
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagtedderkopper_(Lycosidae)
illuminatingtherapy said:Ærru Østfolding?
Jeg er amerikansk, har bodd i freksta' i snart 5 år, guttene mine er østfoldinger
I didn't take that photo but I could take similar on almost any given night in the basement toilet during the summer. I would have to go down and guard against spiders when my kids needed to go to the bathroom at night (except for the youngest who has no fear).Yeah, it was those I were reffering to, Kunax. Stankelbein. They're just silly. What other kinds of spiders are there in Denmark? Anyone worth looking out for?
I think I can say, ToR, that you are the definitive queen of providing links and facts.
Theoryofrelativity said:
Yeah that's the right family ToR in the states the colloqial term for them is wolf spiders.
illuminatingtherapy said:I think I can say, ToR, that you are the definitive queen of providing links and facts.
lol, don't ask me why but when I saw that pic I thought 'Huntsman'.
I too found massive spider once, got my ex to drive it 37miles away on his way to work and release it there! I thought it was a huntsman then but wouldn't have been at all. Mine was most liekly one of these:
"Funnel Web Spiders
Funnel web spiders generally are brown and somewhat large (>1/2 inch long). Some species have banded legs. Some species have long spinnerets that extend out beneath the rear of the abdomen. "
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2060.html
Lol, that makes sense, Kunax.
Why is one term or name used for several types of spiders?
Huntsmen are of the family Sparassidae and wolf spiders of the family Lycosidae. At least, according to wikipedia and the link ToR gave. Huntsmen are native to Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, but have been introduced to Japan, China and the tropical/semi-tropical parts of America (probably South America, too). So most Americans probably have not seen a species of Sparassidae. Of course, colloquial terms for arthropods are terribly inconsistent and inaccurate.